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2013 The mystery behind the mask "The Full, Mad Life of Mary Shelley." Baltimore Sun. N.p., 26 Aug. 2001. Web. 18 Nov. 2013. Mary Shelley the author of the book Frankenstein was born on August 30, 1797, in London England. She began to travel around and visit new places in order to fulfill her interest in the world of literature. Frankenstein was one of her most popular books during her lifetime as an author. It was a popular novel filled with tension and mystery, a book that with time became an important piece of literature, a book written with interest and passion. This famous piece of literature not only discussed loneliness, but the encounter of friendship. Mary was able to connect and relate herself through the perspective of several of her characters. Isolation is an important theme throughout her novel; it explains the feelings of Victor, the monster, and Mary. At a young age she experienced the loss of her mother and later on the tragedy of losing her father as well. These losses all lead up for her to express her situation and strong feeling about her family and the importance they mean to her through her characters.

"Mary Shelley." News. N.p.,01 Dec. 2013. Web. 01 Dec. 2013. Mary Shelley married at the age of sixteen with a young poet named Percy Shelley, but later on she experienced the horrors of losing a loved one. She became a widow at the age of twenty-four. After recovering from this tragical event she devoted herself to her son Florence and her writing. That said, Mary died of brain cancer on February 1, 1851, at age 53, in London, England buried next to her mother and Father. The New York Times article provided a brief life summary of the famous author, Mary Shelley. Since she lost both her parents and her husband; sadness and loneliness overcame her allowing her to express it in her novel Frankenstein. Her passion of writing was reflected upon her parents and her poetic husband revealing her skills in literature. "Shedding Light On Mary Shelley." Chicago Tribune. N.p., 10 Dec. 1987. Web. 01 Dec. 2013. The article on "Shedding light on Mary Shelley." explains the strong isolation that the monster experienced from the day of being created to the day he died. Society became more involved in the denial of this new creation. They put him aside as non importance neglecting a welcome to their world. When the monster first escapes from his creator he begins to travel and meet new places realizing that he is different from everyone else. The community in the novel represented hatred and disgrace to this new lab experiment. The article reflects back upon society and its expectations in the world. In the novel Victors creation is described to be big, scary, and "new", there for not accepted in their society. The community in all was terrifies to see a "thing" an "object" that was not like them, causing

more hatred in the monster as well as sorrow. He was rejected from society, from communication, from the world and was left to die or be killed lonely. "Johnson, "My Monster/ My Self" Johnson, "My Monster/My Self" N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Dec. 2013 The novel expresses several important themes supporting the main idea of isolation, responsibility and guilt. When Victor wakes up shocked, being face to face with his own creation he not only becomes afraid, but pretends to forget what occurred that night. He chose not to face his own responsibility even when having guilt for the deaths occurring in his own family. Parenthood is one of the main topics discussed throughout the article, explaining Victors responsibility with the monster. This created a strong comparison to that of a mother and her child. Like a mother being responsible for her kid, Victor was the opposite. He decided to run away from his own responsibility instead of facing it. McNulty, Charles. "Critics Notebook: 'Frankenstein' Is Endlessly, Frighteningly Relevant." Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2011. Web. 01 Dec. 2013(science) Throughout the article, it mentions science being one of the main subjects in the book. At the beginning of the novel it focuses on Victors passion about science and the study of the human body. After the deaths of some of his closest family members he became obsessed with creating life, leading him to the creation of the monster. Science reflects a huge part of Victor Frankenstein's character and the monster itself.

The article explains the importance of providing some education on science while reading the book. Mary begins her novel focusing on victors studies and hobbies, explaining his characteristics. It leads the reader to read about education to gaining more intelligence, but at the same time making the correct choices. "Frankenstein; Or, the Modern Prometheus." Frankenstein: The Pennsylvania Electronic Edition. N.p., n.d. Web.01 Dec. 2013. (love) Since the day of the creation to the day of death, Victor and the monster are like father and son. The monster wanted to learn, to travel and most important to be loved, but all Victor gave in return was fear and anger. A son learns everything from a role model, and the monster learned everything from his creator. Although this love connection was never shown it lies deep within their hearts as a family. Tragedy, fear, and isolation are all cons for the book Frankenstein, but the one pro is love. Elizabeth and Victor are in love and are to be united and live happy with one another, but they're is also love between Victor and Frankenstein. Both Victor and the monster are both filled with revenge, hatred, misery wanting to let it all out. But behind all that it shows a father and son bond. From Victor creating the monster it's like having a child, to take care of, to teach, and to love.